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  1. Jim Lad
    Lovely piece of work, Danny. John
  2. Jim Lad
    Ira, If you look at photographs of the original Admiralty models, you'll see that they usually had the rabbet cut in. John
  3. Jim Lad
    Crikey, mate, she's actually nearly there! What a journey you've been on, Kats. Obviously you're going to have to start looking in rubbish skips for another wreck! John
  4. Jim Lad
    Either way for the boat for me, Ollie. If truth be known, in practice the boat was probably upended over the skylight or some other totally inappropriate place. John
  5. Jim Lad
    Tom, Actually, I hope the starboard light is green! What sort of jack would she have flown? The company's house flag? John
  6. Jim Lad
    You kayak down a beach? The gun tackles look like they're spread a bit far apart, mate. Attached to the bulwark a little closer to the sides of the guns would look better, if it can be done. John
  7. Jim Lad
    Very nice progress, Popeye - she's looking good. John
  8. Jim Lad
    Hmmmm. So when are you going to start on the small bits, Grant? John
  9. Jim Lad
    I think it's up to you, Bob - whatever you think will look best on the model. She would surely have been flying flags at some time - certainly for her launch and probably on national holidays, so if you fly flags you'll still be historically accurate. John
  10. Jim Lad
    Your hull is cleaner, Bob! When you add the flag staffs etc. she'll be a dead ringer for the original. John
  11. Jim Lad
    Always good to find photos of the original, Michael! John
  12. Jim Lad
    Very sad news indeed, Michael. Hopefully Conway will resume publication in the future. John
  13. Jim Lad
    She' going to look brilliant on the water, mate! John
  14. Jim Lad
    Hmmmm. Very interesting idea, Michael. I'll have to give it a try. John
  15. Jim Lad
    Just catching up with your beautiful build, Alexandru - still absolutely first class! John
  16. Jim Lad
    Delightful work! John
  17. Jim Lad
    Looking good, Popeye! John
  18. Jim Lad
    Excellent blacksmithing there. Just a bit of advice - don't fit them permanently until you need to - they'll catch on everything within ten metres! John
  19. Jim Lad
    She's coming along nicely, Ollie. Just a totally trivial point - did you know that for some totally unknown reason most boats stowed on stern davits are stowed with their bow to starboard? It's not a rule and it's not invariable practice, but it just seems that most boats are stowed that way! Re your deadeye spacer;- that's the type used by Harold Underhill, but I've found that a 'single hole' type spacer is a pest as the deadeyes keep trying to turn around the spacer while you're working on them. Try a 'two hole' type for comparison. Get a small scrap of wood and, using a deadeye as a jig, drill two small holes spaced so that they line up with the two parallel holes on the deadeye at each end, spaced so that the deadeyes will be the correct distance apart. glue short pieces of wire into the holes and the spacer can then work by holding two holes on each deadeye, preventing them from turning when you put tension on the shroud. John
  20. Jim Lad
    That looks really good, Bob! John
  21. Jim Lad
    Just catching up, Piet. That's coming along really well. John
  22. Jim Lad
    Very nice indeed, Danny! John
  23. Jim Lad
    Great sawdusting, Mark! Now that you've made big pieces of wood out of the little pieces that you made from big pieces, you can proceed to make littler pieces! John
  24. Jim Lad
    Well done, Ollie! John
  25. Jim Lad
    Well, Danny, if you're not making a silk purse, you're at least making a fine linen one! John

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